Concrete building.



W; C. BROUGHTON. CONCRETE BUILDING. APPLICATXON FILED JULY 26. 1915.

Patented June 6, 1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I Es PATEN WALTER C. BROUGHTON, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

CONCRETE BUILDING.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, WALTER TON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Concrete provide aconcrete building consisting of j sectional parts which can be readilycast in molds and then assembled into a complete and substantialbuilding which is both storm and fire proof.

Other objects of the invention will hereinafter appear, and in orderthat said invention may be fully understood, reference will now be madeto the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a garage built in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged, broken vertical section of an uppercorner of the structure. Fig. 3 is a broken cross section, enlarged, oftwo roof sections connected together. Fig. 4 is a cross section of theupper portion of the building. Fig. 5 is an inverted plan view of one ofthe roof sections. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a channel iron employedin connecting the roof sections. Fig. 7 is a cross section, enlarged, online VIIVII of Fig. 4.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a roof section 1, reinforced byan integrallon- I gitudinal chord 2 and a rafter 3. .Said roof section 1also embraces a web 4 filling the space between the chord 2 and therafter 3 to assist said roof section in resisting both lateral andlongitudinal stresses. The roof section 1 is further reinforced with,transverse tie-rods 5 and rods 6, which latter are cast in the chord 2and the rafter 3. The tie-rods 5 extend through the roof proper, or slab7, and have threaded terminals projecting from the opposite sides of theslab 7 to pass throughopenings 8 in the upturned flanges of channel bars9, interposed between the adjacent roof sections as disclosed by Figs. 3and 7. Nuts 10 are applied to the threaded ends of the tie-rods 5 andcooper- Specification of Letters Patent; Application filed July 26,1915. Serial No. 411915.

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ate therewith in firmly uniting the channel bars 9 and the abutting roofsections 1. The channel bars 9 and the nuts 10 are protected from theweather by concrete fillings 11,'wh1ch overlap the adjacent edges of theroof slabs 1 and exclude rain from the channel bars 9. The ends of thechord 2 terminate short of the roof slab 7 to leave overhanging eaves12, which conduct rain water beyond the side walls of the building. Thechords 2 have off-sets 13 at their ends to fit the tops and inner sidesof'plates 14, supported by columns 15 placed directly beneath the chords2 and resting at their lower ends upon a suitable foundation A. The roofsections 1, the plates 14, and the columns 15 are firmly securedtogether by vertical tie-rods 16, extending through tubularreinforcements 17 and 18. cast in the roof sections 1 and the plates 14,respectively. The upper ends of the tie-rods 16 terminate in recesses 19in the roof sections 1 and are provided with nuts 20 and washers 21 tofirmly hold the several parts together. The recesses 19 are filled withplastic cement or other suitable material to exclude moisture from thenuts 20 and the washers 21. The spaces between the columns 15 are closedwith wall panels 22, which rest .upon sills 23 laid upon the foundationA; The vertical. edges of said panels 22 fit in grooves 24 in the sidesof the columns 15 and the upper edges ofsaid panels fit in grooves 25 inthe undersides of the plates 14, Fig. 4.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that I haveproduced a concrete building in which the roof and walls can be easilycast in molds and then assembled to form a practically nondestructiblestructure,

and while I have shown and described the.

preferred form of my invention, I reserve the right to make such changesin the constructi0n,- arrangement and proportion of I parts as properlyfall within the spirit and scope of the claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is:

In a concrete building, a roof including a series of spaced channel barswhich extend the width of the roof, said channel bars having theirchannels facing upwardly, roof slabs abutting the opposite sides of thebars,

Q meaevi tie-rods extending transversely through the of-the bar sidesonto the slabs to thereby slabs and through the sides of said bars,completely conceal the bars. a 10 nuts on the ends of the tie-rodsdisposed in In testimony whereof I afix my signature, said channels, anda cementitious filling for in the presence of two Witnesses. I

said channels in Which filling the nuts are, WTER C. BROUGHTON. embeddedso as tov be held against turning, Witne e v said filling being extendedabove the tops of e F. G. Fisc 1:1 the slabs and extending over the topedges L. J. FISCHER.

